CNBC Daily Open: Trading the truce and the Lebanon dilemma

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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.

The so-called “truce trade” has seen global equities notch another day of gains, taking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record levels, and lifting Japan’s Nikkei to new all-time highs as well.

And investors could find more cause for optimism today, as Israel and Lebanon look set to hold their first direct talks in more than 30 years.